Florence Montana

From the plane...

Hawaii

Last week, my mother and I flew across the ocean to the island paradise of Hawaii. We saw the sights, drove around the island, did some surfing, and hung out on the beach. Here are a few digi shots. Shot some film too, should be up soon.

This man is an employee of the Hilton Village. From what I can tell, his duties are to take out the trash and sweep sand off the sidewalk. I wonder what it is like to be a native islander cleaning up after obnoxious tourists all day?

Tire Swing

This tire swing is a relic from my childhood that now hangs unwanted from our tree.

Fletcher - Frontside Noseslide

This was another angle of Fletcher's front nose from his interview in Kream magazine.

Aven Comstock

The year was 2006, and Aven and I had just graduated from High School. For me, it was the magical summer between high school and college, where I still lived at my parents house in Missoula, yet was counting down the days until I moved 200 miles away to Bozeman. I skated as much as I could and was very interested in photography, especially of the skateboarding variety. This spot was an existing jersey barrier that someone had poured concrete onto, making a skate-able transition. This was the only time I had ever skated it, and now it is defunct. I was just figuring out how to use my off-camera flash, and I am surprised that this came out as good as it did. This photo just reminds me of skateboarding in high school with good friends.

Butte

Butte America can best be described as "unique". Butte is often seen as "run down", yet the people still seem to make life work here. The town itself is full of interesting humans and architecture, which is a major attraction to photographers such as myself. I hope that these boarded up homes are not a possible foreshadowing of the end of Butte.

Jumping Spider

I noticed this spider hanging out on my windowsill and decided to get a few photos of it with a new macro lens.